The inter-party alignments in the nation's polity ahead of the 2015 elections reached a high point yesterday: former vice president Atiku Abubakar formally announced his defection to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Atiku said his decision to jump ship was because the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has become irredeemable. The PDP, the former vice president said, has abandoned the Nigerian people which voted it into power.
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